Education

2007-2013  University of British Columbia, PhD in Economics

2006-2007  University of British Columbia, MA in Economics

2002-2006  Zhejiang University, Chu Kochen Honors College, BA in Finance

Working Experiences

2021.9-      Renmin University of China, Associate Professor

2019.9-2021.8 Renmin University of China, Assistant Professor

2013-2019  National University of Singapore, Assistant Professor

Corporate Finance, Macroeconomics

Theoretical Corporate Finance (PhD)

Financial Management (undergraduate)

Macroeconomics (undergraduate)

Selected Publications：

(1) Gao, X., and J. Zhao (2022). R&D dynamics and corporate cash saving. Review of Economic Dynamics, Volume 43, pp. 263-285.

(2) Gao, X., T. Whited, and N. Zhang (2021). Corporate money demand. The Review of Financial Studies, Volume 34, pp. 1834-1866.

(3) Gao, X. (2018). Corporate cash hoarding: The role of Just-in-time adoption. Management Science, Volume 64, October 2018, pp. 4858-4876.

(4) Gao, X., V. Hnatkovska, and V. Marmer (2014). Limited participation in international business cycle models: A formal evaluation, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Volumn 39, pp. 255-272.

Research Grants：

(1)  2021.01-2024.12，“人机大战：基于机器人撰写研究报告及其经济后果研究”,  National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 72150004),  CNY 1,000,000,  Collaborator.

(2)  2021.01-2022.12，“The Growth of Chinese R&D and Innovation”,  National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 72050410355),  CNY 400,000, Collaborator.

Selected Conference Presentations:

(1) Xiaodan Gao ; Corporate Cash Hoarding: The Role of Just-in-Time Adoption, American Finance Association Annual Meeting (AFA), Philadelphia, 2014-1-3 to 2014-1-5

(2) Xiaodan Gao ; Corporate Cash Hoarding: The Role of Just-in-Time Adoption, International Society for Inventory Research (ASSA session), Philadelphia, 2014-1-3 to 2014-1-5

(3) Xiaodan Gao ; Corporate Cash and Inventory Management: Implications for Measuring Market Competition, American Finance Association Annual Meeting (AFA), Boston, 2015-1-3 to 2015-1- 5

(4) Xiaodan Gao ; Corporate Cash and Inventory Management: Implications for Measuring Market Competition, American Economic Association Annual Meeting (AEA), Boston, 2015-1-3 to 2015-1- 3

(5) Xiaodan Gao ; Corporate Cash and Inventory Management: Implications for Measuring Market Competition, European Finance Association Annual Meeting (EFA), Vienna, 2015-8-19 to 2015-8- 22

(6) Xiaodan Gao; Jake Zhao ; R&D Dynamics and Corporate Cash, European Finance Association Annual Meeting (EFA), Mannheim, 2017-8-23 to 2017-8-26

(7) Xiaodan Gao; Toni M. Whited; Na Zhang; The Interest Sensitivity of Corporate Cash, European Finance Association Annual Meeting (EFA), Mannheim, 2017-8-23 to 2017-8-26

(8) Xiaodan Gao; Toni M. Whited; Na Zhang; The Interest Sensitivity of Corporate Cash, American Finance Association Annual Meeting (AFA), Philadelphia, 2018-1-5 to 2018-1-7

Key community services

American Accounting Association (AAA), Member

Honors and Awards

Doctoral Student Award, 17th Annual Symposium on Ethics Research in Accounting, 2012

Department Scholarship, Washington State University, 2010

PricewaterhouseCoopers Scholarship, Michigan State University, 2008

Becker CPA Review Scholarship, Michigan State University, 2008